Assault On Precinct — 13(1976)

The peace is shattered by two converging paths of misfortune. First, a prison transport bus is forced to make an emergency stop when a prisoner falls ill. Among the convicts is Napoleon Wilson, a stone-cold killer on his way to death row. Second, a grieving father named Lawson stumbles into the precinct, catatonic with shock. He has just avenged his young daughter—murdered in cold blood by the "Street Thunder" gang—and now the entire syndicate is hunting him.

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With their ammunition nearly gone, the survivors retreat to the basement. The gang members break through the final barricades, pouring into the station. In a last-ditch effort, Bishop and Wilson utilize the station's industrial equipment to trigger a defensive blast, neutralizing the remaining attackers in a single, desperate move. The peace is shattered by two converging paths of misfortune

In a desolate pocket of Los Angeles, Precinct 9, Division 13 is a ghost of a building. It is slated for closure, its phones disconnected and its staff whittled down to a skeleton crew of three: world-weary secretary Leigh, officer Julie, and Lieutenant Ethan Bishop, a man overseeing the station's final quiet hours. Second, a grieving father named Lawson stumbles into